RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems—Launch and Missile Defense Systems is offering an exciting opportunity for a Principal Software Engineer – Web-Based SW Engineer to join our team of skilled and diverse professionals. This role, based in Colorado Springs, CO, is crucial in supporting the U.S. President, the Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels.

Relocation assistance is not provided for this role, which is on-site with no remote options.

Position Overview:

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program is the key component of the Missile Defense System. It is an essential operational system that enables the U.S. president, the secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, monitor battle progress, and actively control designated networked sensors and weapon systems to meet global and regional mission objectives. C2BMC supports a layered missile defense capability that offers an optimized response to threats across all ranges and flight phases.

C2BMC functions as a force multiplier by networking, integrating, and synchronizing autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations both worldwide and locally to improve performance. Furthermore, C2BMC is a vital part of all system ground and flight tests, which verify and demonstrate the current and future capabilities of the missile defense system.

This position supports the C2BMC program in Colorado Springs, CO. It is a mid-level role in configuration management, software, and web development, supporting the Tools Development and Management Lead and the IT teams. The lead oversees responsibilities, including maintaining existing applications and developing user interfaces and tools for internal use on C2BMC. Responsible for understanding documented requirements, implementing solutions, and conducting unit testing of the tools and code. Prior experience with DoD contracts, tools, and web development is highly beneficial.

Basic Qualifications:

Please include your updated security clearance and IAT/relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable.

A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field is preferred from an accredited university, along with 5 years of experience; or a Master’s degree (preferred) in a related field with 3 years of experience; or 9 years of relevant experience may be considered in place of a degreeWillingness and ability to travel up to 10% of the time to support business needsApplicants must have a current, active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to startDoD 8140 certification at IAT Level II or higher (Security+ CE, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP, CCNA Security, etc.) is required to startMust possess knowledge of web-based software development and user interface designExperience with a framework for developing web applications, such as:Angular or React

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with the following platforms and tools is highly desired:PHPApache and IIS web serversMySQLOracleJavaScriptRHEL LinuxEclipse and/or Java BeansSphinxClearQuestMemcachedExperience with Relational, Graph, or Document databasesAbility to work with the following is highly preferred:JavaHTTPJavaScript/JSONCesiumJS Open Source JavaScript libraryWildFly/JBoss AS application serverKnowledge and experience with configuration management, software development, and web development are highly desiredExperience with DevOps and/or DevSecOps is a plusKnowledge and experience with configuration management, software, and web developmentFamiliarity with TypeScript, Docker, Elastic, Bootstrap, and JiraKnowledge of Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Deployment (CD)Experience setting up Jenkins buildsProficiency with software security tools, including HP Fortify and SonarQubeExperience with microservices, Swagger, and API definitionsDemonstrated use of Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) and configuration management (Git), BitbucketExperience and knowledge of the following are highly desired:WAVESeleniumiSpaceSpring BootIstio, OpenShift, KubernetesNginxHashiCorp VaultArgoCD, FluxCDPrometheusElasticsearchTerraform/OpenTofu

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Primary Level Salary Range: $100,300.00 - $150,500.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.